View of South Zeal

In Burnard's //Dartmoor Pictorial Records// (1891) he refers to South Zeal as: > //This picturesque village, in the parish of South Tawton, lies at the northern foot of Cosdon, or, as it is sometimes called, Cawsand Beacon. The [LinkToda102011 village cross] is a striking and interesting object, standing on a calvary formed of three steps of granite slabs, six inches thick, lying on square stones twelve to eighteen inches in height. The shaft is nine feet high, and the total height above the masonry is some sixteen feet. It was repaired about fifty-seven years since by a pious stonemason, who, when returning from America, was caught in a storm and vowed that if he returned safely to his native village he would put the cross in fair condition. Close by is the ancient [LinkToda834 chapel], dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, and further down the straggling village are several old houses and inns worthy of notice.//